COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

Good Tuesday All,
We are finally over Monday, so let the week begin.
I love the new additions to the CDR, and I wanted to say that I already have a soft spot for a certain Lady in Red, but did not want to hurt two other little ones feelings. And I most definitely did not want to make a certain Dragon jealous. He may never talk to me again.
You can see that spring is around the corner as we are starting to have warmer days more often and my babies are getting to spend more time outside.
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Oh dear. If spring is around the corner for you that means * whispers * winter is on its way for the rest of us...

Happy Tuesday Carol and everyone else

We have been organising things for next year. We have our big journey starting in January and I am planning to not be on my various social medias for a couple of months. Those of you wishing to see what we get up to... and it looks pretty amazing... will need Instagram. We have the account set up (not our regular ones) and ready to go.

Instagram needs EITHER an app on your phone or tablet OR an account at www.instagram.com which you can access through the web browser of your choice on a computer (and hopefully Yvonne’s kindle) You have been given fair warning... you have plenty of time to try get an account set up

Another thought has come to mind... postage to South Africa... and it must be time to start the TORTOISE 2019 which @Moozillion so kindly co-ordinated last year and card exchange process again. To be fair, we have probably already missed last posting date for Christmas in Cape Town, but hopefully we won’t overshoot too much if we start soon!

 

[JoesMum]

Just been shopping and saw this for sale. Lizard repellent! Who wants to do that?!

Mosquitoes- yes. Ants - yes. But lizards and geckos eat the things you don’t want!

 

[Ben02]

Just been shopping and saw this for sale. Lizard repellent! Who wants to do that?!

Mosquitoes- yes. Ants - yes. But lizards and geckos eat the things you don’t want!
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People are just scared of them I think which is sad...

 

[JoesMum]

People are just scared of them I think which is sad...

I must admit we awoke to find half a dragonfly on the floor of the bedroom yesterday; it wasn’t pretty. We knew the dragonfly was in there and thought it would leave of its own accord, The bedroom gecko that we haven’t ejected either must have had it in the night!

 

[Ben02]

I must admit we awoke to find half a dragonfly on the floor of the bedroom yesterday; it wasn’t pretty. We knew the dragonfly was in there and thought it would leave of its own accord, The bedroom gecko that we haven’t ejected either must have had it in the night!

A nice crunchy snack. A few years ago we went to Rome and on one particular day we went to the coliseum. We were sitting outside it on a wall just enjoying the sights when something crawled over my foot. It was a brightly coloured lizard. I know now that it is called a “Italian wall lizard”, the locals must of thought I was mad for showing such interest in it, they treat them like pests.

 

[JoesMum]

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A nice crunchy snack. A few years ago we went to Rome and on one particular day we went to the coliseum. We were sitting outside it on a wall just enjoying the sights when something crawled over my foot. It was a brightly coloured lizard. I know now that it is called a “Italian wall lizard”, the locals must of thought I was mad for showing such interest in it, they treat them like pests.

There’s a population of wall lizards on the UK South Coast. They aren’t native to the UK but arrived here on boats or lorries. Obviously they’re not protected in the same way as our native lizards are.

 

[Ben02]

There’s a population of wall lizards on the UK South Coast. They aren’t native to the UK but arrived here on boats or lorries. Obviously they’re not protected in the same way as our native lizards are.

I didn’t know that, I remember seeing a lizard in a forest near Devon, it looked too exotic to be a UK species but I didn’t think much of it. Perhaps it was one of those wall lizards.

 

[Lyn W]

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A nice crunchy snack. A few years ago we went to Rome and on one particular day we went to the coliseum. We were sitting outside it on a wall just enjoying the sights when something crawled over my foot. It was a brightly coloured lizard. I know now that it is called a “Italian wall lizard”, the locals must of thought I was mad for showing such interest in it, they treat them like pests.

When I went to Malta witha friend many moons ago we were in an area with rocky shelves rather than a sandy beach and when we were lying in the sun the lizards would run over us. Took a bit of getting used to but they were harmless. We had to check our bags before we left so that we didn't take any back to the hotel.

 

[Lyn W]

Just been shopping and saw this for sale. Lizard repellent! Who wants to do that?!

Mosquitoes- yes. Ants - yes. But lizards and geckos eat the things you don’t want!
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Sad that they aren't taught to cherish their garden wildlife

 

[Lyn W]

Good Tuesday All,
We are finally over Monday, so let the week begin.
I love the new additions to the CDR, and I wanted to say that I already have a soft spot for a certain Lady in Red, but did not want to hurt two other little ones feelings. And I most definitely did not want to make a certain Dragon jealous. He may never talk to me again.
You can see that spring is around the corner as we are starting to have warmer days more often and my babies are getting to spend more time outside.
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I'll second that!

 

[Lyn W]

Quick pictures of our new red lady bearded dragon... She's about 8 inches long (total length) and weighed 20 grams a couple days ago.
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She and the turtles are lovely - you'll have lots of fun watching them settle in and grow.

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning/afternoon to you.
A bright day here so far with a dryish week to come.
It's dark by 9 pm now so the days are getting shorter and the trees are already losing their leaves, so autumn is in the way for us.
I'm going to make my way to the local library to return some books so I'll see you all later.
Have a good day!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Good morning/afternoon to you.
A bright day here so far with a dryish week to come.
It's dark by 9 pm now so the days are getting shorter and the trees are already losing their leaves, so autumn is in the way for us.
I'm going to make my way to the local library to return some books so I'll see you all later.
Have a good day!

Our leaves are falling in this neck of the woods too, but not from cold, but drought. Lots of thunderstorms zip through willy nilly, usually bypassing us. It’s been hot n dry, with only an occasional spritz. Temps again today in the 95f range. But, Winter is on it’s way, the other night sunset was BEFORE 8pm for the first time since last year. Darker mornings and evenings as winter slowly approaches.

 

[Ben02]

When I went to Malta witha friend many moons ago we were in an area with rocky shelves rather than a sandy beach and when we were lying in the sun the lizards would run over us. Took a bit of getting used to but they were harmless. We had to check our bags before we left so that we didn't take any back to the hotel.

Are you sure you didn’t bring one back home with you

 

[JoesMum]

I didn’t know that, I remember seeing a lizard in a forest near Devon, it looked too exotic to be a UK species but I didn’t think much of it. Perhaps it was one of those wall lizards.

We have 3 native lizard species: Common Lizards, Slow Worms and the extremely rare Sand Lizards (that live, as it sounds, on sand dunes)

 

[EllieMay]

Thank you! Every time I look at her, I see more details in her markings. I'm going to lose SO much time, just looking at her and admiring her markings...

That doesn’t sound like your loosing to me.. good personal time is hard to come by!

 

[EllieMay]

Good Tuesday All,
We are finally over Monday, so let the week begin.
I love the new additions to the CDR, and I wanted to say that I already have a soft spot for a certain Lady in Red, but did not want to hurt two other little ones feelings. And I most definitely did not want to make a certain Dragon jealous. He may never talk to me again.
You can see that spring is around the corner as we are starting to have warmer days more often and my babies are getting to spend more time outside.
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Wow Carol, I never knew we had so much in common [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Maro2Bear]

Interesting Factoid: San Francisco Airport will as of today stop selling bottled water (in plastic containers) in an effort to cut down on waste by 2021. Reportedly, SFO sells about 10,000 plastic bottles of water PER DAY! wow... They are installing hydration stations to encourage folks to use and refill their own reusable bottles. Travelers be ware.

News clip - San Francisco International Airport is rolling out a ban to end the sale of plastic water bottles at its convenience stores, restaurants and vending machines. The ban, which begins on Tuesday, is part of the airport's latest effort to become the world's first zero-waste airport by 2021

 

[Moozillion]

When I went to Malta witha friend many moons ago we were in an area with rocky shelves rather than a sandy beach and when we were lying in the sun the lizards would run over us. Took a bit of getting used to but they were harmless. We had to check our bags before we left so that we didn't take any back to the hotel.

Lizards RUNNING OVER YOU??!?!?? HAHAHA!!! I love lizards, too, but THAT would have taken some getting used to!!!

 

[Moozillion]

Interesting Factoid: San Francisco Airport will as of today stop selling bottled water (in plastic containers) in an effort to cut down on waste by 2021. Reportedly, SFO sells about 10,000 plastic bottles of water PER DAY! wow... They are installing hydration stations to encourage folks to use and refill their own reusable bottles. Travelers be ware.

News clip - San Francisco International Airport is rolling out a ban to end the sale of plastic water bottles at its convenience stores, restaurants and vending machines. The ban, which begins on Tuesday, is part of the airport's latest effort to become the world's first zero-waste airport by 2021

HOORAAAAYYYYY!!!!!
WOWIE-ZOWIE!!!!!!
WAY TO GO, SAN FRANCISCO!!!!!!